Name

Skytech-AIC

Legal name

Skytech-AIC

Website

https://skytech-aic.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Aviation Advisory & Aircraft Finance Services

akta.pro primary industry

Private Aviation Insurance & Financing/Leasing Services (THABAFAM)

Keywords

• Aircraft finance
• Aircraft marketing
• Aircraft management
• Aviation advisory
• Fleet procurement

Headquarters

HQ city

Winchfield

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Professional Services Fees: Fees earned through professional advisory and arrangement services including aircraft finance structuring, marketing, management, and sourcing. Revenue is transactional/project-based rather than recurring subscriptions.
2. Aircraft Finance Arrangement: Independent air finance arrangement with no ties to financial institutions, providing impartial advice. Exceptional market-leading results through sophisticated competitive tendering process.
3. Aircraft Management Services: Day-to-day management including invoice preparation, lease payment collection, financial/technical/geopolitical monitoring, and quarterly reporting for aircraft owners and lenders.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Skytech-AIC provides independent aircraft finance arrangement, aircraft marketing/remarketing, aircraft management, technical support, aircraft sourcing and advisory services to airlines and aircraft investors/lessors. The firm structures and arranges aircraft financing through competitive tendering across 160+ lessor/equity providers and 50+ lenders, while also handling day-to-day fleet administration, remarketing campaigns via a proprietary database, technical inspections, and fleet-planning advice.

Product overview

Skytech-AIC is a specialist aviation services firm offering an integrated suite of six professional services for airlines and investors: Aircraft Finance (independent arrangement of aircraft financing through competitive tendering), Aircraft Management (day-to-day fleet management, lease monitoring, and physical inspections), Aircraft Marketing (remarketing using a proprietary database to identify buyers globally), Technical Support (inspections, audits, and engineering advisory), Aircraft Sourcing (real-time market knowledge for procurement), and Advisory Services (fleet planning and financing advice). These services work together to provide end-to-end support for aircraft acquisition, financing, operation, and disposal.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Aircraft Finance Independent aircraft finance arrangement service providing market-beating terms for airline clients through competitive tendering processes with 160+ lessor/equity providers and 50+ lenders. Delivered personally by company principals.
• Aircraft Management Comprehensive fleet management including day-to-day invoice preparation, lease payment collection, monitoring of lessee obligations, and annual physical inspections by licensed engineers. Designed for aircraft owners and lenders seeking professional third-party administration.
• Aircraft Marketing Aircraft remarketing service using a proprietary database to rapidly identify buyers, prepare specifications and brochures, evaluate offers, arrange inspections, and assist with documentation through closing. Designed for airlines and lessors disposing of Western-built jet and turboprop aircraft.
• Technical Support Comprehensive technical services for aircraft operators, owners and financiers including technical records audits, risk surveys, operating lease technical management, maintenance check representation, and pre-purchase inspections.
• Aircraft Sourcing Real-time aircraft availability and pricing knowledge combined with negotiation expertise to source aircraft on advantageous terms for clients. Used by airlines and operators seeking to acquire aircraft by purchase or operating lease.
• Advisory Services In-depth research and advisory capability covering aircraft comparative evaluation, acquisition negotiations, and financing options assessment for airlines and aviation industry participants.

Quantifiable outcome

• AirFinance Journal Operating Lease Deal of the Year 2018 and 2022
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• European Regions Airlines Association (ERA)minorOthers · 1 November 2022Skytech-AIC joined ERA as part of the company's expanding interest in regional aircraft and their markets.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• IBA Group: IBA is an aviation intelligence and advisory firm offering asset valuations, fleet planning, market analysis and finance advisory services to airlines, lessors and investors — competing with Skytech-AIC's advisory and finance capabilities.
• AerFin: AerFin provides aircraft end-of-life solutions including lease management, remarketing, part-out and technical services to airlines and lessors — directly overlapping with Skytech-AIC's marketing, management and technical support offerings.
• Avation PLC: Avation is an aircraft lessor with active trading and fleet advisory operations; it has been a counterparty in transactions arranged by Skytech-AIC (e.g. airBaltic A220 sale-and-leaseback), making it both a peer and a recurring market participant.
• Avitas: Avitas is an aviation consulting firm offering aircraft appraisals, market forecasting and fleet advisory — competing directly with Skytech-AIC's advisory service line for airline and investor clients.
• BBAM Aircraft Management: BBAM is one of the largest independent aircraft lease managers, offering lease management, remarketing and advisory services to aircraft owners and investors — overlapping significantly with Skytech-AIC's aircraft management and marketing services.
• Carlyle Aviation Partners: Carlyle Aviation Partners manages a portfolio of leased aircraft and provides remarketing, lease management and asset advisory services — directly comparable to Skytech-AIC's aircraft management and marketing offerings.
• Alton Aviation Consultancy: Alton provides strategic, financial and operational advisory to airlines, lessors, investors and airports — directly competing with Skytech-AIC's advisory service line for the same aviation-client set.
• DAE Capital (Dubai Aerospace Enterprise): DAE Capital provides aircraft leasing, fleet management and advisory services globally, with services targeting airlines and investors comparable to Skytech-AIC's finance, management and marketing offerings.

Others

• Cirium: Cirium provides aviation data, analytics and fleet intelligence used by airlines, lessors and advisors; it is an enabler and potential substitute for the proprietary market intelligence that underpins Skytech-AIC's value proposition.

Broad incumbents

• AerCap: AerCap is the world's largest aircraft lessor with a broad portfolio and in-house advisory, remarketing and asset management capabilities — a much larger incumbent operating in the same finance and remarketing space as Skytech-AIC.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/skytech-aic

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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